Giganotosaurus was a member of the carcharadontosauridae family, which includes the previously mentioned Carcharadontosaurus. Unlike tyrannosaurids, Giganotosaurus appears not to have simply crushed prey in its jaws, but may have inflicted heavy wounds with its slicing teeth and let the prey bleed to death. Considering that it shared its ( Read more... )

Cryptozoology is one of my many interests. It’s fascinating to think of all the strange creatures that may be remaining undiscovered. Considering that there’s some talk of surviving dinosaurs in remote areas of the world, this intersects neatly with my dinomania, and no cryptid does this more than the mokele-mbembe. The mokele-mbembe (the name ( Read more... )

I count the Velociraptor in the Jurassic Park films as a separate entity from the actual Velociraptor, or indeed any actual dromaeosaurids, because it is much more of a film monster than an actual animal repurposed as a movie villain. Unlike Jaws, who was very much the latter in the original film (but later became a voodoo shark or something), the ( Read more... )

And my DS Lite continues to disintegrate. A small bit broke off the left side of the bit between the two screens today. While alarming (why the hell is my DS falling to pieces what is this I don't even), at the very least I can jam it in the gap to prop up the top screen while playing ( Read more... )

I went out to Broadway at lunch today, on my usual trip to KMart to see if there were any new toys ( Read more... )

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This site fills me with rage. Not just because of the whole creationism shebang (I can live with that), but because it is so mindblowingly stupid in regards to dinosaurs and basic zoology.

A prime example is the page on Tyrannosaurus. Apparently, it is possible that it was really a plant eater.

Could it be that tyrannosaurs were mostly plant-eaters ( Read more... )

This is Cutesaurus.

It is what happens when a toy company decides to have some variety in a toy franchise about ponies and runs out of ideas.

It is weird.

If it weren't so pink, and I didn't have standards, I'd try to score one off eBay.

In other news, I have discovered that the total Cybertronian population of my room is 44. I get the feeling that ( Read more... )

New dinosaurs have been discovered, in Australia, no less!

This is awesome. So much so that I put on my Walking with Dinosaurs shirt, played Walk the Dinosaur on my iPod, and fiddled around with the Dinobots.

Yes, I am a dinosaur geek, I've known that ever since I learnt how to pronounce Opisthocoelicaudia at age 8.

The SMH stuffs articles in the ( Read more... )

I found him.

I found him.

After months of searching, I have found-and bought-the one Transformers Animated figure I have wanted to get above all others.

( RWWWWAAAAARGH!!!!! )